After 17 months of closure, the Canadian border has re-opened to American leisure travel. The line-up for the 11:00 p.m. opening last night started in the afternoon on the International Falls side. This morning, the wait time to cross the bridge was estimated at 7 hours. Every traveller permitted entry […]
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By James McCarten
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
WASHINGTON – Canada’s border agents reached a new tentative agreement with the federal government late Friday after a daylong work-to-rule campaign left long lines of semi-trailers and passenger vehicles idling for hours at some of the country’s busiest international gateways. The deal, announced after more than 36 straight hours of […]
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A home was lost, but no-one hurt in a fire at Lakeview Trailer Park early Sunday morning. On August 7, 2021, at approximately 3:50 a.m. the Fort Frances Fire Rescue Service responded to a structure fire at Lakeview Trailer Park. 14 team members, two pumper trucks, and a rescue pickup […]
There are 117 active fires in the northwest region. 17 fires were not under control, 1 fire was being held, 12 fires were under control and 87 fires were being monitored. Notice to Airmen. It is unlawful to operate any aircraft over a forestfire or within 10km of a wildland […]
TORONTO – Bill Davis, the 18th premier of Ontario and one of the country’s longest-serving premiers, has died at 92. A statement from his family says Davis was surrounded by his relatives when he died in Brampton, Ont. this morning of natural causes. The pipe-chomping Tory titan, often called Ontario’s […]
By Rhythm Sachdeva
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Rick Fall spent every day of the last three and a half months running roughly the equivalent of a full marathon as he trekked from British Columbia to Ontario. The 61-year-old has been making the gruelling journey to raise funds for young cancer patients and was set to end his […]
By Laurence Heinen
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
CALGARY – After recording his first CFL victory as head coach of the Toronto Argonauts, Ryan Dinwiddie praised his players for their come-from-behind effort. “We knew it was going to be huge challenge,” said Dinwiddie, who served for four seasons as Calgary’s quarterbacks coach before being hired by the Argos. […]
Entrepreneurs Allegra and Lilah Brockie display some of the handmade magnets they had available for purchase at the Rainy Lake Square this morning. The square was full of vendors and visitors this morning as cooler weather provided a bit of a break from the heat and smoke, even if thunderstorms […]
By Morgan Sharp
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
National Observer
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
National Observer
Students in Ontario will have to keep their masks on when they return to classrooms in September, the Ford government said in a long-awaited back-to-school plan released Tuesday, but neither they nor staff will be required to get a COVID-19 vaccine to attend. More than two million school-aged children and […]
The leader of Ontario’s New Democrats is facing criticism for opposing mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for education workers. Andrea Horwath has said she supports regular rapid virus tests for unvaccinated education workers before they come to work. She told CBC in an interview Wednesday that she considers it a charter right […]
TORONTO – Ontario is sending updated guidance on COVID-19 protocols to child-care centres, including allowing singing indoors and letting visitors in the centres. The updated guidance follows calls from parents and operators for the government to review some of the rules that were brought in last summer when centres reopened, […]
